Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] landlock.7: Document Landlock ABI v2 (file reparenting; Linux 5.19)

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From: Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]>
To: =?UTF-8?Q?G=c3=bcnther_Noack?= <[email protected]>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] landlock.7: Document Landlock ABI v2 (file
 reparenting; Linux 5.19)
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Hello G=C3=BCnther!

On 3/5/23 11:24, G=C3=BCnther Noack wrote:
> +landlock mailing list (feeback welcome)
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> Hello!
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> On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 06:16:06PM +0100, G=C3=BCnther Noack wrote:
>> * Add LANDLOCK_ACCESS_FS_REFER to the code example.
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> To follow up on the discussion on the man page update v1 [1] -- let me
> make a constructive proposal for a simpler code example for "best
> effort" fallback in the man page.
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> I feel that implementing the full generic "best effort" fallback logic
> would complicate the example too much:
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>  (a) examples that try to demonstrate too many things at once
>      tend to become confusing to the reader
>  (b) there are readers to whom the full example might not matter:
>      - readers who know what kernel their software runs on
>      - readers in the future or on cutting-edge distributions
>        who can assume that their kernel is likely to be fresh enough

I prefer if examples assume latest and greatest kernel.

Examples of how to support old kernels would be good in complete
tutorials, but over-complicate a short example.

Cheers,

Alex

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